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“Are You Gonna Be My Girl” — Jet
Jet’s “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” certainly puts the rock into raucous. So it was quite fitting that for my first full day back in a proper office after months working largely from home, it was the first song on the car radio last Tuesday as I pulled out my driveway.
At the moment, my car’s sound system is better than the sound system in my home office, as I treated myself to an upgrade when I bought my car six months or so ago. So I turned the sound up nice and loud and enjoyed that “first day of term” feeling I haven’t experienced since leaving university.
“Are You Gonna Be My Girl” is a boisterous and joyful way to re-start your working life after a long time away.
And the punk-ish, slightly anarchic, guitar-driven indie rock genre is one of my favourite musical styles at the best of times. So it did the job of opening the next chapter in my working life perfectly.
The only downside is that the lyrics are somewhat sparse…and of course that’s our main jam around here. But what lyrics there are get delivered with plenty of swagger and attitude, so even I can forgive Jet for that.
They tell the story of what I’m guessing was a late night encounter at a nightclub somewhere.
Fuelled by at least one too many beers, and no doubt egged on by his mates, a guy who…
